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s. 0. BROW-NELL.

SLEIGH RUNNER,

Patented Jam-5, 1886.

WITNESSES -attorney M. Firms, Pholo-Likhugrapher. Washington. D. cv

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN O. BROWN ELL, OF LAPEER, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TOGEORGE H. SEELYE AND ALVIRAS W. ANNIS, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

SLElGH-RUNNER.

QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,918, dated January5, 1886.

Application filed October 26, 1885.

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN O. BRO'WNELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lapeer, in the county of Lapeer and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSleigh-Runners, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in sleigh-runners; and ithas forits objects to provide a runner which may be readily attached toand detached from the axle of an ordinary vehicle, and which will bestrong and durable. These objects I attain by the means illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspectiveView of my improved runner, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal sectional viewthereof.

The letterA indicatesarunner of bent wood, shod with a strip of iron orsteel, B, and C a bent bow, of wood or other suitable material, havingits ends mortised in the runner, as in dicated in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. The top of the bow is provided with a flat seat, D, upon whichrests the hub E. The said hub is constructed of a cylindrical piece ofwood,

Serial No. 180,913. (No model.)

which is cut or gained transversely on its upper and lower sides, whichare parallel with 30 each other. The hub thus formed rests upon the seatbefore mentioned at the top of the bow, the groove or lower gain thereinoversetting the bow, as shown. In the upper groove or gain is set therave,of wood or other 5 suitable material, F, which is secured to theforward end of the bent runner. The said rave E and the hub are securelyfastened to the how by means of screw bolts or clips and nuts G, asshown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. 40

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

The combination, in a sleigh-runner, of the arched how, the hub gainedor grooved in 5 parallel planes above and below, and the connecting-raveand bolts or clips by which the whole is secured together, substantiallyas and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 5 presence of twowitnesses.

STEPHEN G. BROWNELL.

WVitnesses:

RODNEY G. HART, ELMER E. MIX.

